Financial Times: 10 Questions with GBS Alumna

EDITOR’S NOTE: Sharmila Makhija, a Goizueta EMBA graduate, completed her degree while working at Emory University’s school of medicine. She spoke with Financial Times recently to discuss her Executive MBA experience and career. Click here for the full interview.

“During my tenure at UAB, I quickly realized that although physicians are trained to be compassionate and caring clinicians, we know very little about how to manage a team efficiently or build a realistic budget,” she told Financial Times. “So when I moved to Emory, as the director of the division of gynaecologic oncology and had to manage a team with various backgrounds and expertise, I decided to enrol in their EMBA program.”

“I believe we hold ourselves to a higher standard and are more critical of ourselves and other women,” she told the publication. “It is alright to make mistakes, as long as we learn from them. Most importantly, we need to help all of our junior colleagues, not only women but men too. I often tell my junior male colleagues that they need to be aware of what troubles women and to be more sensitive to certain issues.”